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cephalosporin

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1. n. one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity Source: wordnet
2. n:100 n. one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity Source: ecdict

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activity addition antibacterial antibiotic antibiotics broad chains fungi greater Mefoxin names obtained penicillin produced related semisynthetic several side spectrum substances trade

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cephalopoda cephalopodan cephalopode

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